2.8.1 Selecting the priority section

The priority section can be selected under the [Debug Information] category on the [Download File Settings] tab in the Property panel.

Figure 2.97

[Debug Information] Category

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[Specify the debugged overlay section]

"Yes" is displayed when overlay sections exist in the load module (this cannot be changed).

(2)

[Overlay sections]

Address groups where overlay sections exist are displayed.

This property only appears when "Yes" is displayed on the [Specify the debugged overlay section] property.

Figure 2.98

[Overlay sections] Property

 

This property shows the current information of overlay sections per address group in detail. Only [Priority section] can be changed.

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[File]

Name of the load module file in which the selected address group has been downloaded (this cannot be changed).

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[Start address]

First address of the selected address group (this cannot be changed).

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[End address]

Last address of the selected address group (this cannot be changed).

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[Priority section]

List of sections defined in the selected address group. You can choose a section to be debugged (priority section) from this list.

Caution 1.

Settings related to overlay sections are not saved in the project file.
After you have downloaded a load module, select the priority section again.

Caution 2.

Only debugging information is switched when the selection for [Priority section] is changed.
The debug tool does not copy data of the target section.

 

The following figure shows an example where "ram01" is selected as the priority section (left pane) and then changed to "ram02" (right pane) for the [Overlay sections] property in the case shown in Figure 2.96 Allocation of Overlay Sections.

Figure 2.99

Changing the Selection for [Priority section] from "ram01" to "ram02"